Subj : Does Usenet still have value?
To   : Vk3jed
From : Ogg
Date : Sun Feb 20 2022 14:24:00

Hello Vk3jed!

** On Wednesday 16.02.22 - 17:13, Vk3jed wrote to Ogg:

 -=>> On 02-13-22 19:41, Ogg wrote to JoE DooM <=-

 Og>> I know.  I thought mine would do that too, but it doesn't. A
 Og>> call will only be steered to Vmail only if I don't answer the
 Og>> call after a few rings.  If the phone is turned off, a caller
 Og>> gets something like "The user is currently unavailable.. Try
 Og>> again later."

 V> That's weird.  We get voicemail if the phone is off.  Can choose that
 V> through configuring the diversions.

Problem solved.  Apparently, I had configured "If  
unreachable.." to another number (my shop number). The idea  
being that if the phone was off, the calls would reach me at  
the shop. But.. since I never really gave out my cell number,  
it was moot!  LOL.   But that was at the early stages after  
just having subscribed to a cell service (LuckyMobile) and I  
was just exploring the options on the device.


 V> I don't like how voicemail is
 V> implemented - having to call back.  I remember the first (analogue) phone
 V> I had (which belonged to the company I was working for) had a less fiddly
 V> way of accessing voicemail, but since GSM, the <read text> <dial number>
 V> <wade through the menu> sequence has annoyed me greatly.  I think it's the
 V> read and delete text message step that annoys me, instead of having a
 V> function on reading that allows me to both delete the text and call the
 V> mailbox.

I'm not sure what you mean.. but checking vmail is easy here;  
[1] call the vmail "service" [2] enter pin [3] hear messages.  
It's really no different calling one's own answering machine  
connected to a landline.


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